The Man Who Ate Pasta Forever | Tech News

0:00On September 11th, so there's this dude named Braden Sinclair, right? He's got the ultimate Olive Garden flex, a lifetime pasta pass. This ain't your average 13 week deal. This gold card means unlimited pasta, breadsticks, soup, and salad for as long as he's a customer. He snagged it back in 2019 when Olive Garden offered the first 50 temporary pass buyers a chance to upgrade for an extra 400. Dollars. He's one of only 50 people ever to get this legendary pass. Now Braden isn't just eating his way through Olive Garden in secret. He's turned it into a whole data project on his website, LifetimePassToPass.com. He's tracking everything. How much he eats, what he orders, and even which locations he hits up. He's got charts for his favorite pasta, sauce, and toppings, and even lets people vote on what he should eat next. It started as a joke, but now hundreds are weighing in on his meals. The whole situation is pretty wild. Employees are usually an awe, showing off his card to everyone, though sometimes he has

1:02to prove it's legit. He's also trying to be a low impact diner, not going overboard, and always tipping well, seeing the pass as a responsibility. He's even got virtual trophies for things like breadsticks eaten and consecutive weeks visited, treating it like a serious achievement. Since the promotion happened right before the pandemic, not many people know about the Lifetime Pass holders. Braden has a really connected with any other winners, and sometimes finds it hard to get friends to go with him since he's eating for free. Even his wife, who's been a fan since high school, sometimes suggests other places for date nights. But he's got a potential successor in his four-year-old son, who's already obsessed with pasta. So it looks like the legacy of unlimited Italian-American dining might just continue. He's definitely found a unique way to engage with a brand he clearly loves. This has been Tech News Today, powered by AI.